US missile strike kills 9 in northwest Pakistan

US missile strike kills 9 in northwest Pakistan

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By RASOOL DAWAR
Associated Press Writer
updated 17 minutes ago

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A volley of U.S. missiles killed nine alleged militants in an extremist stronghold of northwest Pakistan on Friday, the second such
strike in less than 12 hours, intelligence officials said.

The Obama administration regards missile attacks as a key weapon against al-Qaida and the Taliban close to the Afghan border. Earlier this month, al-Qaida's reputed No. 3
official, Mustafa al-Yazid, was killed in a similar strike in the North
Waziristan region.

Six missiles were fired in Friday's attack on a house in a village close to the border, said two intelligence officers. They spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The
identities of the nine suspected militants were not immediately known.


Late Thursday, two people were killed in another strike in North Waziristan. Officials did not say whether they were believed to be militants.

Pakistan is under pressure to launch a military offensive in the region, but the army say it is too stretched and committed in other parts of the border
region to do so anytime soon.

There have been more than 35 missile strikes this year alone, the highest tempo since the attacks began in earnest in 2008.

The attacks have killed many hundreds of people, most identified by Pakistani officials after the strikes as suspected militants. There have also been
many accounts of civilian deaths. Washington does not acknowledge
firing the missiles, let alone say who they are killing.

Critics say the attacks may violate international law and amount to extrajudicial killings.

Pakistan's shaky government publicly opposes the strikes to prevent domestic critics from accusing it of conspiring with United States in killing its own
citizens. But it is widely believed to provide intelligence assistance
in at least some of the strikes.

The drones either take off from bases across the border in Afghanistan or reportedly from secret bases within Pakistan.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed..

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